Lozz196 Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 I`m the opposite, Precisions work best for me. I love Stingrays, but they just sound wrong in my hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No lust in Jazz Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 I have both and I play between either of these or a Jazz on a rotational cycle of around 6-8 months or so, there's no science behind this, they're all classics and if there are issues with the sound, its clearly going to be me that's the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Cloud Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Stingrays all day every day. They just sound, feel and look so right (to me). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynottfan Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 For me there is no "or" its simply both, they have their own characters and I use them accordingly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Im saying nothing...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 (edited) [quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1417040647' post='2616614'] I'm saying nothing. [/quote] That makes a nice change. Wahey!! Edited November 26, 2014 by discreet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inthedoghouse Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Precision Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr zed Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 [quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1417040647' post='2616614'] Im saying nothing...... [/quote] Don't think Jazz was an option Pete 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 I'm all about the jazz bass these days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martthebass Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 No Twebble? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr zed Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 [quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1417091803' post='2616979'] I'm all about the jazz bass these days! [/quote] I used to be all about the Jazz myself until very recently. Got the opportunity to try out a Stingray HH 4 string in a shop and it blew me away. It did EVERYTHING I want a bass to do (Stingray tone for the agressive stuff we do (back pickup), Jazz tone from both single coil options (albeit with the Musicman DNA in there) and a precision tone from the front pickup. VERY versatile bass, great build quality, looks right and feels right. I bought it then sold my 2012 USA Jazz and 2009 USA Jazz Deluxe to pay for it and couldn't be happier. The Jazzes were great basses but the Stingray HH just ticks every box for me. Even the G string is well balanced Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
interpol52 Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 I love Stingrays right up until I own one and then I find myself going back to the Precision. I have owned 2 different Stingrays, a 2eq and a 3eq. They sounded great but I just didnt like how they sat in the mix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinball Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 (edited) [quote] Did any of the Ray nays on this thread ever try flatwound on their Rays? Now there's a classy and very versatile combination..... [/quote] That's my chosen combination and it seems to be an winner with the rest of the band. I play an EB SR5 with ceramic pup, 3 band EQ and I love it. Since switching to it I tend to use less pedals as the bass tone just hits the spot. I find a wealth of tones through switching playing positions and between finger and puck styles. I also find them very comfortable to play so have no reason to look elsewhere. I should add that me and my bass are still on honeymoon and that I also like P basses Edited November 27, 2014 by Pinball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 I've owned both but only still have a P so I guess that makes me more of a P player. I think that at one time I had a wild notion of having one each of accepted 'classic' basses as a collection but quickly dispensed with the notion, particularly after trying out a T-Bird and realising I was never going to be really comfortable with that shape from a playing point of view. I still have (to me) decent examples of P, Jazz and a Ric so I guess I have 3 'classic' boxes still ticked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherchez la Femme Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 I played a P bass in the studio on a couple of tracks of the album my old band did. It was OK, I didn't quite feel at home with it (it does sound good on the tracks however- it just doesn't have 'my' sound, to my ears it may as well be somebody else playing). I also played a Japanese P bass in a rehearsal once (in the P look that I love, black/black with maple) and it was great, much better than the one I'd used on the recordings, but it still didn't sound like my sound. I've had my Stingray (3EQ) for 5 years now and I adore it. I've sold all the other basses I've owned because it just sounds to me like 'me'; when I think up basslines etc, I always imagine them with the tone that my Stingray gives me. I just feel comfortable with it. Plus it looks brilliant and has an extra "cool" vibe that the Precision just doesn't have, IMO (subjective of course!). Both great basses but subjectivity is the key! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afterimage Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Let me throw my hat in the ring just bought a excellent fender p j bass special jazz pickup at bridge split coil at neck. Great tones from each two blended together Are excellent I only bought this as more and more music. I now listen too has p bass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theyellowcar Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 (edited) Precision kills Stingrays. In all seriousness, I can never get 'my' sound out of a Ray, it always seems to come out a little too harsh and scooped for me. Edited November 28, 2014 by theyellowcar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTUK Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 P-bass every day of the week and twice on sundays. I bet you wouldn't get certain gigs without one... as nothing sits like a P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No lust in Jazz Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 [quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1417252248' post='2618527'] I bet you wouldn't get certain gigs without one... as nothing sits like a P. [/quote] Which gigs were you thinking of? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 Show me a genre of music without a stingray being used and I'll take that seriously Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badboy1984 Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Fender P gets my vote. Don't get me wrong I own stingray and and currently still own a bongo and I use my P bass 90% of the gig. The bongo is going through a sale process so i won't even have any MM bass soon. Reason to go P bass in my opinion is that the bass is so simple to get the sound. Full on volume and tone and plug in and play. Less messing around on the EQ ..... When I get alot of knobs on the bass I start messing with them, i rather have none and concentrate on playing lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinball Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Still on honeymoon with my SR5, I'm recording with the band at the moment and don't have eyes for another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 [quote name='badboy1984' timestamp='1418121048' post='2626957'] Fender P gets my vote. Don't get me wrong I own stingray and and currently still own a bongo and I use my P bass 90% of the gig. The bongo is going through a sale process so i won't even have any MM bass soon. Reason to go P bass in my opinion is that the bass is so simple to get the sound. Full on volume and tone and plug in and play. Less messing around on the EQ ..... When I get alot of knobs on the bass I start messing with them, i rather have none and concentrate on playing lol. [/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badboy1984 Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 hahahaha, at one point I was consider doing the John Myung way on the bongo. Just leave the volume active and everything else is dummy knobs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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